Motivational Interviewing (MI) offers a powerful, client-centered approach to working with the ambivalence that so often accompanies addiction. Rather than pushing for change or trying to talk clients out of their ambivalence, MI helps them explore their own values, build hope, and move toward recovery in a way that feels meaningful and self-directed.
Help Clients Move Toward Recovery
Whether clients are discouraged, unsure, or returning to use, Motivational Interviewing offers a respectful, collaborative framework for guiding conversations about change. Grounded in decades of research, it’s especially effective in addiction work - where motivation is often complex and change unfolds over time.
In this advanced-level course, you’ll learn how to:
Support clients through the stages of change - from pre-contemplation to maintenance
Engage clients who feel stuck, ambivalent, or unsure about recovery
Respond to change talk and sustain talk in the context of substance use
Help clients find their own reasons and readiness for change
Integrate MI with other evidence-based approaches to addiction treatment
There are 10.5 CE/CME credits available for this course (see Learner Notification). Please visit our FAQs to review CE/CME details, course objectives, speaker/planner conflict of interest disclosure and more.